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The following is a recap of the propositions appearing on Tuesday’s 2007 general election ballot:
It’s do or die time for the controversial measure banning “big-box” superstores that sell groceries.
Stephanie Walton won’t give up.
She and some of her West Allen neighbors don’t want townhouses built behind their homes, and they’ve launched a second petition drive to try to fight them.
In his reference to Oregon’s initiative and referendum system, Mr. Vasend seems not to understand that the Legislature, being our elected representatives, also has the constitutional right to refer an issue to “we the people” for a vote.
Regarding the editorial “To do (or not to do)” (The News, Oct. 27): The history of our Legislature makes it obvious that even if there were no squabble over rules in the Senate, much of the to-do list of needed legislation falls into the never-do category. A majority of legislators and their special-interest bosses prefer the status quo.
Whether for or against Ballot Measure 34, Baker School District voters are holding out hope for a narrow victory for their side.
Leaky roofs, faulty plumbing and a lack of classroom in the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District could be addressed if voters approve a $175 million bond measure on the February ballot.
Measure 4-123 offers a solution to district attorney pay statewide
In a local contest that has been thoroughly ugly, the dirtiest detail has been the expensive post card that carried the Big Lie. The lie was that Clatsop County Measure 4-123 could make our district attorney the highest paid in Oregon.
Passage would clear the way for a new police station in an old Home Depot building.
Chino voters would do well to pass that city’s Measure A on Tuesday.
State Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres on Thursday asked Attorney General Jerry Brown to investigate what Torres called fraudulent “bait and switch” tactics to deceive voters into signing a petition to place a Republican-backed Electoral College measure on the ballot.